Noted painter Akhilesh comes from Madhya Pradesh and his works are admired internationally. He has prolifically written original books and also translated many books in Hindi. He is one of the rare artists who had the good fortune of being associated with the three great masters of Indian art; J Swaminathan, Maqbool Fida Husain and […]
Akhilesh witnessed Husain, Raza & Swaminathan, and shines on his own Read More »
Raza@100: Noted painter Akhilesh talks about his long associations, exchanges and interaction with Syed Haidar Raza
Raza@100: The boy from Mandla in MP and the man in his studio in Paris Read More »
Saptarshi Ghosh Valentine’s Day— A day of love and a day for lovers. Not just the day, the month of February is the month of love for all the married (and unmarried) couples. Sometimes something click in between two individuals that creates a sense of attraction and admiration for each other, thereby giving rise to
Love stories born from and nourished by art Read More »
Manjeera Art Magazines have always been essential to the world of art; these publications are sought-after spaces to display an artist’s creativity and showcase it to a wider audience. Though there will always be a barrier between the pages of the magazine and the artwork, and the experience will be lackluster compared to viewing the
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Vandana Shukla Humour and satire are used anecdotally in ancient Indian art. The theme or subject of an artwork is never treated exclusively with humour. Seeing the richness and diversity of themes and ingenuity of expression in our art- it is a bit baffling. Because most art forms evolved around religion and myths, perhaps humour
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Krispin Joseph PX No one can tell the meaning of the colour black quickly. Black is a colour or the mindset or conditions that some people encounter and face in daily life. Grey or black colour may be the reason for exclusion from the elite space, and that makes sense in some spaces. ‘Who are
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Abhishek Kumar ‘Anyone to whom equality is integral is feminist’ — Sonia Khurana Sonia Khurana is a contemporary Indian artist who works across various mediums including video, photography, performance, and installation. Khurana is regarded as one of the leading contemporary artists in India and her work continues to push boundaries and challenge the status quo.
Khurana’s approach to performance art as a means of social and political transformation Read More »
Vandana Shukla Laughter comes as naturally to humans, as does anger or pathos. All human expressions have occasional humorous anecdotes; to kill monotony. In art, though humour is inexplicable. It can be decipherable; subject to perceptibility. Long before Indian art acquired the stiff- upper- lip stance of modernism; it was already defined by the principles
Anecdotal Humour in plastic arts Read More »
Abhishek Kumar February 20, ON THIS DAY “There are no forms in nature. Nature is a vast, chaotic collection of shapes. You as an artist create configurations out of chaos. You make a formal statement where there was none to begin with. All art is a combination of an external event and an internal event…
Ansel Adams and the Descriptive Power of Black and White Photography Read More »
A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends
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